The 2014 Fresh Water Jamboree festival will be held at Riverside Park at the Bandshell on Sept. 13, from 12 to 11pm.
Special guest Maude Barlow will be putting on a presentation about the importance of fresh water.
The Fresh Water Jamboree is an annual one-day music festival established to help raise awareness about fresh water in Wellington County, the province of Ontario and across Canada.
The festival is organized by Be The Artist, which is a Guelph-based organization promoting musicians and environmental initiatives.
Organizers expect to have between 2,000 and 3,000 people at the event. Vendors and crafters as well as information booths will be on site. Musical entertainment will be provided by local artists such as Shane Phillips, Ian Andrews and The Smokin’ Scoundrels, James Gordon, Glen Soulis, The Soles, John Layton and more.
The festival’s aim is to educate the public about water conservation before area fresh water is unusable.
The UN suggests that each person needs 20 to 50 litres of water a day to ensure their basic needs for drinking, cooking and cleaning.
There are countries and many corporations exploiting Canada’s reservoirs and aquifers, some say.
Furthermore, there is a rapidly growing number of countries that have little or no access to drinking water.
